LONDON DESIGN FESTIVAL 2021

The city-wide celebration of design returns from 18 to 26 September with new shows, installations and a fresh perspective. Here’s your essential itinerary…

THE INTERACTIVE INSTALLATION: Sonic Bloom

With its trumpet-topped tentacles and primary colour palette, the latest instalment at Mayfair’s Brown Hart Gardens looks like something Willy Wonka or cartoonist Heath Robinson might have dreamed up. In fact, this multi-sensory sculpture hails from the vibrant imagination of sound artist and designer Yuri Suzuki and is intended to foster post-lockdown moments of connection. Entitled Sonic Bloom, it absorbs the sounds of the environment and invites visitors to record their voices via its stems, creating a soundtrack to the city that can be listened to through its oversized horns (mayfairldn.com). ➤